Chapter 1515: Spontaneous Death (III)
It’d been three days since Drouth and Li Hao entered the chessboard of dao chess. Added to that a delay of a few days prior to entering the Hall of Darkness, and another few days for the first trial, that made for almost half a month in Demon Summit.
Li Hao had nearly reached three hundred squares. He proceeded at a slow and steady pace, clearing nearly one hundred squares a day. He was in no hurry or rush, neither slowing down nor speeding up.
Drouth had slowed down a long time ago. When at first he sped through seven hundred squares on the first day, he only did two hundred on the second, then eighty on the third. On the fourth, he passed only sixty, but was very close to one thousand.
Drouth was immensely excited, but also very exhausted. He’d accumulated so many wounds of great dao, yet wasn’t the least bit worried. While injury to his great dao was an incredible hassle to recover from, all of his wounds would be spontaneously healed so long as he comprehended the dark envoy’s dao remnants and set foot into sixth rank.
Such was his plan, and there was nothing wrong with it. None of these wounds constituted as severe injuries, just a bit of a hassle that would no longer exist when he broke through.
Currently, he was pausing to catch his breath. He looked to the side, seeing Hao Moon proceed at a decent pace. The young man was at three hundred squares now—better than expected. Drouth had estimated that the little guy wouldn’t be able to take a single step before long.
Reaching three hundred squares was not bad at all.
Hao Moon’s presence also seemed to be stronger than before. Granted, this level of improvement was nothing in Drouth’s eyes. Hao Moon’s vision was too narrow in his eyes.
The kid was wasting so much time to collect the energy with the dao squares. One had to know that the dao foundation site might close at any time. They should all be seeking to complete their mission as soon as possible, not dawdle and drag their feet for insignificant bits of energy. So what if he reached peak third rank that way?
Drouth looked up at the shadow again. It hadn’t said a single word during these three days.
“Fellow daoist of Utmost Dark,” it suddenly said when Drouth looked at him. “You are heavily injured. It may be useful for you to take a moment on the chessboard and absorb some energy to recover from your wounds.”
“That’s fine,” Drouth laughed. “I’m almost at one thousand squares. I’ll complete this trial today!”